Tighten Up (ver 6) by The Black Keys
Tabbed By: yulizavala22
Black Keys
Brothers
Tighten Up
This is an awesome song by The Black Keys one of my
favorite and this song is a fun song to play. The tab here
is 100% correct because I have done research and
seen videos and even looked at an interview with
Guitar World where he gave the tab in one of their magazine,
so this is as accurate as you can get, enjoy.
Intro after bass
e|--9--9----9--9---7-7------------|
B|--10-10---9--9---7-7------------|
G|--11-11---9--9---7-7-----10-10--|
D|-(11-11---11-11--9-9)----11-11--|
A|------------------------(11-11)-|
E|--------------------------------|
Everything in parenthesis is optional, but I think
it makes it sound better
You can hear this at (0:13) but it is played many times in the background
e|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------|
D|---4---4-2-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------4s2-0-0---2-0---0-2-2p0-2-0---0-2s4-4s2-0-2---|
E|-2---2-------------2-----2-------------2-----------------|
This is played twice in the song one at (0:38) and at (1:44)
e|-12h14-12h14-12-14-12----------12------------------------|
B|----------------------14s12s14----14s12-10-12s10s12------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------|
B|-12-10-12-10---------------------|
G|-------------11s9s11-9-9---------|
D|-------------------------11-9-7~-|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|
This is the version played on the record but Dan plays
the verses down by the 5th and 7th frets live
Then there is a second part similar to this but its played
higher and there is more to it. It is also played twice like
the other one, one at (1:07) and the other at (2:12).
e|----------------------------|
B|-19-19-17h19-17-------------|
G|----------------18s16-(x2)--|
D|----------------------------|
A|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|
e|----------------------------- ----------------|
B|-19-19-17h19-17-------------- ----------------|
G|----------------18s16--18-18- 18-14-14--------|
D|----------------------------- --------16-14---|
A|----------------------------- ^played fast---|
E|----------------------------- ----------------|
e|----------------------------|
B|-19-19-17h19-17-------------|
G|----------------18s16-(x2)--|
D|----------------------------|
A|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|
e|-------------17-----------------------------|
B|-19-19-17h19----19-17-----------------------|
G|----------------------18-18-16-14-16-14-----|
D|----------------------------------------16~-|
A|--------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|
Then it goes into a strange breakdown thing with effects
e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|-----------------|
A|-----------------|
E|-0-2-0-2-0-2-0---|
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